Matthew 17:19

Then the disciples having come to Jesus by Himself, said, “Why were we not able to cast him out?”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?

In Context

18and Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the boy was healed from that hour.

20And Jesus said to them, “Through your want of faith; for truly I say to you, if you may have faith as a grain of mustard, you will say to this mountain, Move from here to there, and it will move, and nothing will be impossible to you,

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Cross References

Mark 4:10And when He was alone, those around Him, with the Twelve, asked Him of the allegory,

Matthew Henry on Matthew 17:15-22

The Expulsion of a Demon. 14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, 15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatic, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. 16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. 17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. 18 And Jesus rebuked the devil;… Read the whole commentary →

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